Sunday To Be Civil War Day

MIDDLETOWN — Officials with the Middlesex County Historical Society will be very busy Sunday.

Not only is there the Antique and Classic Car Show at Pat Kidney Field, but the grounds of the society's headquarters, the General Mansfield House, are being converted into a Civil War-era encampment.

The society's eighth annual Civil War Day will feature re-enactors in a Union army camp marching, cooking and firing drills; military music; museum exhibits and a slide show that blends the images and words of Connecticut's soldiers. Bruce Major of the Higganum section of Haddam will demonstrate the art of mid-19th- century photography while wearing period costume.

Civil War Day will take place Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the General Mansfield House, 151 Main St., Middletown. Admission is $3 for adults and $1.50 for children under the age of 12.

More information may be obtained by calling the society at (860) 346-0746.